Biosafety, biosecurity, and bioethics.
Monash Bioeth Rev
; 42(1): 137-167, 2024 Jun.
Article
in En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-39078602
ABSTRACT
The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the importance of biosafety in the biomedical sciences. While it is often assumed that biosafety is a purely technical matter that has little to do with philosophy or the humanities, biosafety raises important ethical issues that have not been adequately examined in the scientific or bioethics literature. This article reviews some pivotal events in the history of biosafety and biosecurity and explores three different biosafety topics that generate significant ethical concerns, i.e., risk assessment, risk management, and risk distribution. The article also discusses the role of democratic governance in the oversight of biosafety and offers some suggestions for incorporating bioethics into biosafety practice, education, and policy.
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Bioethics
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SARS-CoV-2
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COVID-19
Limits:
Humans
Language:
En
Journal:
Monash Bioeth Rev
Journal subject:
ETICA
Year:
2024
Document type:
Article
Affiliation country:
United States
Country of publication:
United States